Ringer Squadron

B-25, tail number 435, of the Ringer Squadron, above a runway in Yunnan. During WWII.

B-25 tail number 435 above a runway in Yunnan, likely Yangkai.

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron, propellers spinning, in the CBI.

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron in the CBI, with engines running.

A B-25D of the Ringer Squadron in the CBI. Identified as a B-25D-15 (built in Kansas City, Missouri), serial #41-30367, taken in summer 1943 at Kurmitola Airbase (Kurmitola, West Bengal, India), the 491st Bomb Squadron's station then.

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron taxiing in China.

Eugene Montgomery passes a .50 cal machine gun up to Lloyd Kershaw, leaning out of the "green house" at Yangkai Airbase, China, in March 1944. They were preparing "Old '59'" for the beginning of its trip back to the USA where the the war weary B-25 and its original crew, from the 491st "Ringer Squadron" would tour on a War...

B-25 'Mitchell' bombers of the Ringer Squadron perform engine checks prior to taking off on a mission. These three aircraft (nose wheel of third is visible underneath #450, on the right) are on the runway at Yangkai AB, in Yunnan province, China.

The day Old '59 left for home. Yangkai, March (?) 1944. Lloyd Kershaw, Eugene Montgomery, Peterson.

Lloyd Kershaw works in the bombardier's compartment of "Old 59". This B-25C of the 491st Bomb Squadron had completed 221 combat missions, as represented by the 'bomb' symbols painted above the Squadron's ' Ringers' insigne. Kershaw was preparing the aircraft for its trip back to the USA. An unidentified "Old 59" crew member stands beside a Chinese soldier, who would...